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Master of puppets amp settings — Fender E. G 10

The Metalica guitar tone for “Master of puppets”, dialed in for a Fender E. G 10 with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio album cut, Master of Puppets (1986) - Main rhythm tone

Original rig

Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC+ preamp slaved into Marshall JCM800 power amp, Jackson Custom Shop King V (Seymour Duncan Invader / EMG pickups), 5-band Graphic EQ in V-shape

Tight, aggressive, mid-scooped high-gain thrash crunch with sharp pick attack
Amp settings — Fender E. G 10
CHANNELOverdrive switch engagedBOOSTon
GAIN 8 BASS 6 TREBLE 7 MASTER 4
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain8
Bass6
Treble7
Master4
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Guitar
PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10
Signal chain

01ProCo Rat 2 or Boss DS-1 Distortion

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned

Distortion 7 · Filter 6 · Volume 7
Why these settings

The Squier/Fender SP-10/EG-10 is a basic practice amp featuring only Gain, Overdrive push-button, Volume, Treble, and Bass controls without mid, presence, or reverb knobs. To capture the signature aggressive crunch without pedals, engage the drive switch and push gain to 8 while rolling the bridge single-coil tone knob down to 8 to tame harsh treble. Clean interlude: disengage the overdrive switch and switch to neck+middle pickup.

PRO TIPStrict, aggressive downpicking near the bridge saddles is essential to get the percussive, machine-gun low-end 'chug' attack of the main riff.

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